The Woman From Hell

Chapter 73

"Hahaha, this young lady is pretty shrewd, huh? You're a good judge of character, accepting such a perfect lady as your goddaughter, Petra. Mr. Grant is really lucky to have such a clever and beautiful wife.” Mr. Zach happily raised his glass.

Theo stood up and took the wine glass from my hands, giving Mr. Zach a professional smile. "Thank you for the kind words, Mr. Zach. My wife is pregnant and can't drink, so I'll toast on her behalf."

"You’re too polite, Mr. Grant. Cheers!” Mr. Zach clinked glasses with Theo with a wide grin.

"Alright, you don't have to worry anymore now. Since Mr. Zach has agreed to help you out, he'll definitely get everything settled soon. Sit down and have something to eat. You’re pregnant, and you shouldn’t starve yourself." Petra pulled me to my seat with a smile, sounding just like a loving mother.

I finally breathed out a sigh of relief. I softly said, " Thank you, Petra.”

She smiled, not saying a word, and turned around to chat with the others.

After another round of toasting, everyone started chatting about the past.

Mr. Zach looked me up and down and asked Petra, " Petra, have you gotten any news about your daughter yet? I've been asking around in Salt City but..."

Petra, who had been smiling, suddenly revealed a pained expression. She dropped her head and said," I've been looking for her, but I've not received any news so far. It’s been so many years-it’s really tough!"

day. As long as you don’t give up,

looked at me and said, "If she was still alive, she would probably be around

to yours when you were younger, Petra. Now I know why you accepted her as your goddaughter-it was fated!" said another middle-aged man, looking at me.

rest nodded in agreement. All of a sudden, everyone's

what to do. I could only keep quiet and eat, my head

everyone soon moved on to chat about other things. The

my stomach, so I got up to walk to the bathroom. I propped myself u p with the sink and dry-heaved

looked up, a glass of water appeared in front of me. "Rinse your

a glass of water in

glass of water and rinsed

back early if you don't feel too well." He

way. If Petra is sincere about helping me out, this dinner party is a good opportunity for me. I can't just leave." I stood at the sink, unmoving, and peered up at him. "Were you the

time, he said, "I happened to bump into her on the way to the police station today. After she heard about what had happened, she offered to

was a VIP i n Salt City, he was still just a businessman. A rich and powerful lady like Petra would never take the initiative to offer help if she did not

further questions. It was probably something to

she spoke about

spoken about at the dinner table. I could not help but feel weirded out by the strange stares they had